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FBI Arrests LulzSec and Anonymous Hackers

Posted by samzenpus on from the long-cyber-arm-of-the-law dept.

Velcroman1 writes "The FBI arrested two alleged members of the hacking collectives LulzSec and Anonymous on Thursday morning in San Francisco and Phoenix. Search warrants were also being executed in New Jersey, Minnesota and Montana, an FBI official told FoxNews.com. A document purported to come from the FBI leaked online earlier this month called these hacker groups a national security threat. One individual was described as part of the LulzSec group, the other belongs to the group that calls itself Anonymous, the official said. The suspected hacker arrested in California is homeless and alleged to have been involved in the hacking of Santa Cruz County government websites."

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  1. Oh yes indeed.... by Stumbles · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There is nothing of greater threat to national security than a HOMELESS hacker. Though I guess it is good as any excuse to get such riff-raft off the curbs. Why just the other day I saw this homeless person and immediately thought; you know, that person is probably a real threat to my countries security and needs FBI involvement to justify their jailing.

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    1. Re:Oh yes indeed.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose.

    2. Re:Oh yes indeed.... by devleopard · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Despite the political rhetoric, you don't get arrested for your potential threat, you get arrested for an alleged crime. Pretty simple concept.

      If I spray-paint "My mom's a whore call here at 555-1212" on the side of your car, I broke the law. It doesn't matter if I'm homeless or not.

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  2. Low-hanging fruit & lazy Feds. by Tommy+Bologna · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's a good thing the FBI is swatting at these gnats, diverting resources from investigating Chinese hacking, rampant industrial espionage, or the ubiquitous banking fraud. Fantastic work, G-men! You're making us proud.

  3. Oh No!!! Not Our Website!!! How Will We Survive? by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah, that's part of the hilarity with these lulsec/anonymous kids. They keep picking fights with ginormously powerful entities which would not think twice about tossing them into small cells at the bottom of a deep holes, yet they seem to feel these Death Star Agencies and Corporations will back off due to the punks' mad skillz with internet servers.

    In Chicago, they call that "bringing a knife to a gun fight."

  4. Re:Oh No!!! Not Our Website!!! How Will We Survive by the_raptor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, the point is it is funny. That is it. Anonymous is in it for the lulz. If some of the horde gets taken out nobody really cares.

    Also "LulzSec" are actually pretty terrible at hacking. Most of it is really low rent exploits and social engineering which is why it is so amusing how much "damage" they have caused. The only thing that makes them a cut above a thousand other minor hackers is that they are publicising it, which is exactly the best way to piss the corporations off. They don't care that much about the intrusions, just that their customers are finding out how unsafe these "trusted" companies are.

    P.S. The real dangerous hackers live in non-extradition countries and have thugs with guns at hand. They aren't scared of the FBI.

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